lithotrite

[lith-uh-trahyt]

noun Surgery.

Origin of lithotrite

1830–40; back formation from lithotrity; see -ite¹

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Care must be taken not to catch the bladder-wall with the lithotrite.
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But it is well known that they sometimes defy all lithotrite instruments, and compel us to have recourse to the knife.
On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment
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The lithotrite has two blades, a “male” and a “female,” the latter fenestrated, the former solid with its surface notched.
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This danger is avoided by raising the point of the lithotrite immediately after grasping the stone and before crushing.
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lithotrite in Medicine

(lĭth′ə-trīt′)

An instrument used to crush a stone present in the bladder or urethra.lithoclast